LibriVox recording of The Fisherman and His Soul, by Oscar Wilde. Read by Greg Margarite.

”The Fisherman and his Soul” is a fairy tale first published in November of 1891 in Wilde’s “A House of Pomegranates”. It tells of a fisherman who nets and falls in love with a mermaid. But to be with her he must shed his soul, which goes off to have adventures of its own. Will forbidden love endure? -- This reader has also recorded the three other tales in “A House of Pomegranates” which can be found in the LibriVox Short Story Collections, volumes 37, 38, and 39. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Oscar Wilde
Date: 2009-11-29
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; fairy tale; A House of Pomegranates; mermaids

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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